Letter From: Los Angeles
Fashion
- It's Showtime
- Los Angeles Fashion Market, Fall I, March 14-18, at California Market Center, The New Mart, Cooper Design Space and Gerry Building.
- L.A. Fashion Schools Earn High Grades
- New York may have the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design, but Los Angeles boasts its own world-class fashion schools, as well. Here, a closer look.
They Are Wearing
- The Power of Prints
- Los Angeles is full of stark prints -- Sixties polkadots, New-Wave stripes and sweet flower motifs.
Retail
- L.A. Retailers Seek to Set Themselves Apart in Unstable Market
- Los Angeles retailers have already weathered a three-month writers' strike and a steep housing market decline, but more tough times may be ahead.
- Denim Retailer Not Crying the Blues
- MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. -- Leave it to a former schoolteacher raised in Louisiana to teach a lesson on how to sell designer dungarees at the beach.
Favorite Food Stops
- In Good Taste
- Los Angeles is known for the diversity of its dining, but downtown boasts a culinary mix all its own.



